Celebrating Father Biondi's Anniversary - Saint Louis University

The freshmen and their alumni relatives.
For almost 20 percent of the
freshman class, Saint Louis
University is all in the family.
That’s because 291 first-year students
have a parent, grandparent, sibling,
aunt or uncle who graduated from
SLU. Each year the alumni relations
office holds a luncheon in honor of
these “legacy” students during Welcome
Week. On Aug. 23, the students
and their alumni family members
met in the Shanahan Atrium of
John and Lucy Cook Hall to take a
break from move-in and meet their
new SLU family.
michelle hasan and her dad asif
(grad Cook ’76) of Laguna Hills,
Calif. “i got a really good scholarship
here,” Michelle said. “i’m looking into
studying psychology and premed.”
daniel mcCulley (grad Cook ’86) and
his daughter kathryn of Columbia,
Tenn. “it’s great she came to SLU,”
Daniel said. “We lived here for seven
years, and i really enjoyed my time
at SLU.”
nick Boxdorfer and his dad Jim (Cook
’80) of St. Louis. “i’m so proud of
him,” Jim said. “And i told him when
we were walking up here that i still
marvel at the changes to campus.”
fred sackbauer (Cook ’40) of St.
Louis and his granddaughter amelia
Blanton of Lubbock, Texas. “SLU is
wonderful,” Amelia said. “Plus, it’s
nice to know that he’s nearby in case i
need anything.”
megan Gibbons and her dad Patrick
(Cook ’73) of St. Louis. “i have wanted
to come to SLU since the eighth grade
to study nursing,” Megan said. “Dad
had nothing to do with it.”
Photos by Steve Dolan
dr. dan zabrowski (A&S) is the global
head of Roche Pharma Partnering,
overseeing Roche’s network of alliances
with biotech companies and creating
new alliances. He lives in Montclair,
N.J.
fox (Doisy) and
her husband of 21 years,
’82karen
Don, have three boys.
She is a home health physical therapist
in the western suburbs of Chicago.
stephen J. stapleton (Nurs) is an assistant
professor of nursing at the West
Suburban College of Nursing in Oak
Park, Ill.
sabio (a&s) is
president of Sabio Fi-
daniel
’83J.
nancial and Insurance
Services and serves on the Midwest
BankCentre South County Regional
Board. He lives in St. Louis.
d’agrosa (A&S ’84,
Law ’89) was named
’84Paul
“Best Lawyer” by the Riverfront
Times, was featured in St. Louis
Magazine and has been a legal expert
for KMOV-TV. His office is in Clayton,
Mo.
Brian kinsey (Parks) is the airport assistant
director for marketing and business
development at Lambert-St. Louis
International Airport. He is in charge
of expanding the number of air carriers
and air service.
margaret kitzmiller (Grad) is the relationship
manager and principal of
Commerce Bank of Oregon. She has
been in financial services for more
than 20 years. She enjoys volunteering
her time tutoring students in reading
and writing.
fallon (Parks) is
a regional manager for
’85Patrick
corporate real estate with
U.S. Airways in Philadelphia.
kathleen hardesty (Nurs ’85, Pub Hlth
’97) is director of patient services for
QHR Consulting Services. She lives in
St. Louis.
John harmon (Grad Cook) is the executive
vice president and chief operating
officer of Abraxis Pharmaceutical
Products. He and his wife, Jean Ann,
live in Barrington Hills, Ill., and have
two children.
dr. Wayne V. Polek (Med) was re-elected
to the Illinois State Medical Society
board of trustees. He is a boardcertified
anesthesiologist affiliated
with Kane Anesthesia Associates in
Geneva, Ill.
Thomas e. rutledge (A&S), an attorney
with Stoll Keenon Ogden in
Louisville, Ky., received the National
Association of Secretaries of State
Medal in recognition for his work
in modernizing Kentucky’s business
entity laws.
Teresa Tolle (Law) is a Dallas County
criminal court judge.
mark Wilhelm (Grad Cook) is presidentelect
and chief underwriting officer at
Safety National Casualty Corp. in St.
Louis. He also is vice chairman of the
board of trustees at Saint Louis University
High School.
Birsinger (A&S) is
the president of M.A.
’86mark
Birsinger & Co., a small
business consulting firm in Wildwood,
Mo., where he and his wife,
Lynn, live.
Beckemeyer
(Cook) earned a certifi-
Colleen
’87m.
cate in retirement plan-
ning from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania. She is a
retirement planning specialist at AXA
Advisors in St. Louis.
daniel davis (Cook) and his partners
have formed Level One Bank
in Farmington Hills, Mich. He and
his wife, maureen (Blubaugh) davis
(A&S ’88) live in Novi, Mich., with
their three children, Rylie, Joe and
Cameron.
mary dorsey (Law) is a member of the
firm Ahlheim & Dorsey and a chair of
the St. Louis County Board of Equalization.
karen kirk-schlorff (Cook) has been
in health care since graduation and
has worked in California and Kenya,
among other places. She lives in Lock
Haven, Pa.
John novelli (Parks) is director of operations
engineering at American Airlines
in Fort Worth, Texas.
a. Castellano
(Grad Cook) is chief ex-
’88michael
ecutive officer of Esse
Health, St. Louis’ largest independent
physicians group.
dr. Gregory oetting (Med) is a neurosurgeon
in Augusta, Ga.
Grisanti (Hosp) is
an assistant clinical pro-
’89michael
fessor of medicine at SU-
NY-Buffalo. He is also the president of
Buffalo Rheumatology, chairman of
the institutional review board of Mercy
Hospital and medical director of the
Buffalo Osteoporosis Center.
kendra (Boll) lynn (Cook) is vice president
and chief administrative officer at
UTG Inc. in Springfield, Ill. She and
her husband, Brian, have two daughters,
Gabrielle and Isabelle.
dr. Gregory saboeiro (Med) has been
named one of New York City’s best
doctors by New York Magazine. He is
the chief of the division of interventional
radiology and CT at the Hospital
for Special Surgery.
a. Bottini (A&S)
formed his own law firm,
’90frank
Johnson Bottini, in February
and married Nina Kramps of
Dusseldorf, Germany, in May. They
live in San Diego.
elizabeth Campbell
(Law, Pub Hlth) has relo-
’91sarah
cated to Dallas, where she
is the director of policy management
in the ethics and compliance department
at Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Tammy Gummersheimer (A&S) is an associate
professor in the mathematics,
science and technology department
at Schenectady (N.Y.) County Community
College and received the 2007
Foundation Award for Excellence
in Faculty Service. She also has been
recognized by the American Chemical
Society for her service to the college
and to the field of chemistry.
Jennifer Quinn Williams (A&S), owner
and founder of Saint Louis Closet Co.,
was named one of the Top Influential
Business Women in St. Louis for 2007
by the St. Louis Business Journal. She
also was featured in the August issue of
CEO magazine for her next entrepreneurial
venture, Saint Louis Cellars.
albrecht (Cook
’92, Law ’96) is the di-
’92michael
rector of operations for
HDS Group, a Beverly Hills, Calif.based
real estate developer and homebuilder.
He and wife, Lauren, have two
children, Alexander and Maggie.
Julian eckles (A&S) is a social studies
teacher in the Riverside Ohio School
District and was recently named
Teacher of the Year. He also is a varsity
football coach, and his team reached
the Ohio state playoffs in 2006. He
and his wife, katie (english) eckles
(A&S) have three children, Emily, Sarah
and Charles.
stefan hussenoeder (A&S) has welcomed
a new daughter, Megan Angela.
He is the technical research lead at
Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Co.
in Houston.
(Tillotson) evans
(SW) is a coordinator
’93dinah
for Family Partnership
Center Mental Health and provides
services for kinship families. She lives
in Hilmar, Calif.
Brian ricardo (Parks) has been an American
Airlines pilot for 10 years. He and
his wife, Beth, live in Corinth, Texas,
with their children, Jacob, Nicholas
and Brianna.
heidi scheuermann (Pub Ser) is a
state representative in the Vermont
House of Representatives. She is also
the coordinator at the James M. Jeffords
Institute at the University of
Vermont.
kevin spenner (A&S) was married in
July. He has been teaching fifth grade
for 13 years in Meridian, Idaho.
Bowden (Parks) has
been the chief engineer at
’94Terry
RAM Aircraft for three
years. He has six children and lives
in Moody, Texas. He enjoys flying his
1946 Taylorcraft and researching early
Parks College history.
michael fell (A&S) lives in Colby,
Kan., and is the vice president and
director of operations for Rocking M
Radio.
John headrick (Law) is the inspector
general for the office of the Illinois
Auditor General. He lives in Springfield,
Ill.
Traci (halverson) nolan (A&S) and her
husband Bruce nolan (Cook ’93) had
their first child, Brennan Raymond, in
April. They live in Maryville, Ill.
david Piltz (Parks) is a managing partner
with the Learning Key Inc. in
Washington Crossing, Pa. He and his
wife, Jessa, live in Bristol, Pa.
franklin (Law) has
joined the patent firm
’95david
Amin, Turocy & Calvin
and works from Cincinnati with a focus
on patents in the software, electrical
and medical device arts.
randy Gori (A&S ’95, Law ’98) is a
partner in the law firm of Goldenberg,
Heller, Antaguoli, Rowland, Short and
Gori in Edwardsville, Ill.
John h. lamming (Grad) is the corporate
counsel for patents for E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Co. in Wilmington, Del.
He lives in Hockessin, Del.
dr. Chad Voges (A&S) has joined St.
John’s Mercy Physician Group at the
Piper Hill Family Medicine clinic in
St. Peters, Mo.
Craig Boyd (Grad) attended
the first Open
’96dr.
Theology and Science
Seminar hosted by Eastern Nazarene
College in Quincy, Mass. He is a professor
of philosophy and the director of
faith integration at Azusa Pacific University
in Azusa, Calif.
Cindy (diel) modrosic (Pub Ser) and
her husband Bill modrosic (Cook ’97)
welcomed a son, Liam Joseph, on May
26. Bill is a captain with the Springdale
Fire Protection District in Fenton,
Mo., and Cindy is an audiologist
at Metro Ear, Nose and Throat in St.
Louis.
david morera (Parks) and ana ruiz de
apodaca (Cook) have a son, Daniel.
David leads the IT services division
of Siemens in Bilbao, Spain, and Ana
is a bank trader at Barclays Bank in
Bilbao.
Blevins (Doisy
’97, Law, Pub Hlth ’03)
’97matthew
is the director of business
development for St. John’s Hospital in
Springfield, Ill.
elizabeth herbst-Collins (Doisy) is the
director of the cardiovascular disease
reversal program at Providence St. Joseph
Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.
anderson (Doisy)
married Adrian De’Ath
’98erin
in May in Antigua, West
Indies. She owns a pediatric therapy
company in Chicago.
Courtney Boettcher (SW ’98, Grad SW
’99) is the field practicum associate at
the School of Social Work at Wichita
State University. She also practices
medical social work.
kevin G. daniel (A&S) and Cynthia T.
Curry-daniel (A&S ’98, Grad Cook ’00)
are relocating from St. Louis to Washington,
D.C., where Cynthia will work
with the board of governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
sean Goding (Parks) received the 2007
Leadership Award from the National
Business Advisory Council and is a
property and licensing specialist with
Drury Inns Inc., where he also is an
apprentice to the president. He is also
a member of the advisory board of
Martin Aviation Group and president
of Pangea Development, a real estate
company. He lives with his wife of 10
years, Lori, in Mascoutah, Ill.
michelle (dover) hass (Pub Ser) and her
husband, Aaron, welcomed their second
child, Jenna Clare, in May. They
live in Olathe, Kan., with their son,
Drew. Michelle is a speech language
pathologist in private practice working
primarily with autistic children.
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